Rainer Forss

{{Short description|Finnish footballer (1930–2005)}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2022}}

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Rainer Forss

| image = Rainer Forss, Finland footballer, 1953.jpg

| upright =

| caption = Forss with the Finland national team in 1953

| full_name =

| birth_date = {{birth date|df=yes|1930|10|20}}

| birth_place = Finland

| death_date = {{death date and age|2005|8|2|1930|10|20|df=yes}}{{Cite book |last=Peltola |first=Vesa-Matti |title=Yhtä ja toista Urheilukunniamme puolustajista, osa 34 |publisher=Urheilutietäjän kesä |year=2019 |page=46}}

| height =

| position = Forward

| youthyears1 = 1949–

| youthclubs1 = Pyrkivä Turku

| years1 = 1949–1956

| clubs1 = Pyrkivä Turku

| caps1 =

| goals1 = 70

| years2 = 1956–1957

| clubs2 = TuTo

| caps2 =

| goals2 = 17

| years3 = 1958–1959

| clubs3 = TuWe

| caps3 =

| goals3 = 5

| years4 = 1960–1963

| clubs4 = TuTo

| caps4 =

| goals4 = 55

| years5 = 1964

| clubs5 = Pargas IF

| caps5 =

| goals5 =

| years6 = 1964–1965

| clubs6 = TPS

| caps6 =

| goals6 =

| years7 = 1979

| clubs7 = Pyrkivä Turku

| caps7 = 1

| goals7 = 0

| nationalyears1 = 1951–1957

| nationalteam1 = Finland

| nationalcaps1 = 14

| nationalgoals1 = 0

| nationalyears2 = 1951–1962

| nationalteam2 = Finland B

| nationalcaps2 = 10

| nationalgoals2 = 1

| nationalyears3 = 1959–1960

| nationalteam3 = Finland Olympic

| nationalcaps3 = 4

| nationalgoals3 = 0

| manageryears1 = 1965–1970

| managerclubs1 = TPS

| manageryears2 = 1985

| managerclubs2 = TPS

}}

Rainer Forss (20 October 1930 – 2 August 2005) was a Finnish professional football player, manager and coach. A forward player,{{Cite web |title=Rainer Forss |url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/1005832 |access-date=9 November 2021 |website=Olympedia}} he won full, Olympic and B caps for Finland at international level and was a member of Finland's 1952 Summer Olympics squad.{{WorldFootball.net|id=rainer-forss}}{{Cite web |title=Rainer Forss |url=https://www.11v11.com/players/rainer-forss-96422/ |access-date=22 June 2017 |website=11v11.com}} In addition to playing 12 Suomensarja seasons, he scored 43 goals in 72 Mestaruussarja appearances.{{Cite book |last=Kasila |first=Markku |title=Pelimiehet |last2=Vuorinen |first2=Juha |publisher=Suomen Urheilumuseosäätiö |isbn=978-952-99075-9-5 |page=48}}